Frontier 02: Home Frontier – Chapter 7: Clueless
madjack89: Ahhhh! I can't take the itch! I went to New York to visit my relatives for the weekend, and now my legs are like one giant bug-bite! They're itching like crazy! I'm gonna die!
Takuya: Calm down, it's just bug-bites. You're so melodramatic.
madjack89: I have to be to write a story about you guys.
Takuya: …Touché.
madjack89: Well, it looks as if I've left you in suspense throughout the weekend. Sorry! But I'm back, and ready for a new chapter! But first, reviews!
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Kayland Elric: Aww, no more smoothies. Oh well! I'll miss your reviewing for a while (as I write this, I realize you're probably already gone and won't read this until you return). Have fun on vacation!
Xanpluto: Fair enough. Thanks for the review and your wait is now over!
GoldenDragon326: Yeah, now I'm beginning to feel bad about that. I'll have to fix it! (ha ha ha) And don't be too mad at Takuya. He is merely oblivious. Thanks for reviewing!
nikigrl-123: Well, you're a new reviewer! Hello! And Zoe wasn't really thinking about that at the moment. So I guess Kouichi will have to play the love doctor (if he can get his own love life sorted out)! Thank you for reviewing!
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madjack89: Alright, time for the next chapter!
Kira: I've got my spike-tipped gloves ready!
Takuya: Ahhhhhhhhh!
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Takuya trotted down the street to his school, pouting. The entire weekend he had tried to avoid Gatomon, but she just kept popping up everywhere he went, trying to make him apologize to Kira.
Apologize for what? thought Takuya, rounding the last turn. He then came face to face with Zoe.
"Hey, Zoe! Don't you have school?" Takuya mumbled the last sentence, noticing that Zoe looked ticked off about something. She stared at him for a second, and then she turned around, saying, "It's not over yet."
Before Takuya could ask what that was supposed to mean, Zoe was running down the street, sprinting to her own school. "That was kind of weird," said Takuya. He entered the school, pondering Zoe's behavior.
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"Guys, did I do something wrong?" Takuya asked, looking to Kouji and Kouichi for answers.
"When?" asked Kouji.
"I don't know, but Zoe seems pretty mad at me, and Gatomon won't leave me the heck alone," Takuya explained.
"I know what you did," said Kouichi, beginning to eat his lunch.
"You do? What?" asked Takuya, jumping up from his seat with excitement.
"I can't tell you," he said flatly. "You have to figure that out on your own."
"What? That's no fair!" exclaimed Takuya, rubbing his temples.
"Just out of curiosity, what did he do?" Kouji asked Kouichi. Kouichi leaned over, whispering in Kouji's ear.
"I see," said Kouji, satisfied. "Well, looks like you will have to figure it out on your own."
"I hate you so much right now," said Takuya, staring at the twins hotly.
Suddenly, Kouji looked up and tensed. "Oh crap, here comes Daiki," said Kouji, holding his head in his hands.
"He's not that bad," said Takuya, turning around to greet Daiki. "Hey there, Dai!" said Takuya, gesturing toward the seat next to him. Daiki looked troubled for a moment, and then sat down quietly.
The other three stared at him, shocked. Daiki was usually so perky and cheerful, Kouji could barely stand it. But today, he just sat there, staring down at the table. He didn't even have any lunch.
"Um, Dai, are you okay?" asked Takuya worriedly.
"You haven't even asked me how my day is going yet," said Kouji.
Daiki glanced at all of them, and then sighed. "Guys," he began, looking depressed. "I had a fight with Hotaru the other day." He took a deep breath, then continued. "I-I don't think that he's gonna help us out anymore." Daiki reached into his pocket, pulling out Hotaru's D-Tector.
The other three stared at the D-Tector in shock, then remembered their encounter with Hotaru the other day. "Um, did Hotaru say why he wanted to quit?" asked Takuya, looking sick.
"No! He just said that we shouldn't be hanging out with you anymore, and I said we should, and then he got all mad, and now he won't talk to me," explained Daiki, hanging his head.
"Well, you should try going home and calming down tonight, and then we can think of what to do," said Kouichi, noticing how stressed Daiki looked.
Daiki looked up, confused. "Oh, I guess I never told you guys. I live with my aunt and uncle; Hotaru's parents," explained Daiki. "My mom and dad died in a car crash when I was five, so I started living with my aunt and uncle," Daiki said matter-of-factly.
The other three stared at him for a few moments, shocked that he could say that so easily. Daiki looked at their faces, and then laughed. "Oh, it's fine. It's been years and I barely remember them anyway," said Daiki reassuringly.
"Okay, so why did Hotaru not want you hanging out with us?" said Kouji, not making a big deal out of Daiki's new bit of information.
"He said that he didn't trust you, but that's probably only because you guys got annoyed with me and ditched me at the lockers that one day. He knew that I wouldn't be mad, so I guess he got mad for me," said Daiki.
The other three stared at him in shock again. "You sure are more perceptive than we thought, Dai," said Takuya.
"Thanks! And don't worry, I'm not mad. But we should probably find a way to get Hotaru to trust you guys again!" said Daiki, smiling.
"Daiki, I think I'm beginning to like you," said Kouji, smiling back.
"Call me Dai," said Daiki.
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"Damn it!" yelled Kira, breaking yet another pencil. She had been feeling frustrated all day, thinking about Takuya. Instead of beating someone black-and-blue, though, she had gotten a box of pencils to snap in two.
That freaking idiot, she thought, grabbing another pencil. She looked up at the sky, feeling a fresh wave of pain roll through her.
"Kira, what are you doing out here? You missed school." Kira jumped, then recognized Zoe standing next to her and relaxed.
"I thought I might skip a day. They say too much school can ruin your health," said Kira, breaking the pencil in her hand.
"Um, any reason for the senseless torture of pencils?" asked Zoe, pointing at the bits of broken pencil on the ground.
Kira cracked her knuckles. "Oh, you know, just blowing off some steam." Zoe noticed how red Kira's eyes were and hoped she hadn't stood here crying all day, waiting for her.
"Listen, Kira. Takuya can be stubborn sometimes, but just give him some time and he'll come around," said Zoe.
"What, that goggleheaded moron? You think I'm upset about him? Ha! Who would give him that much credit?" chuckled Kira hollowly.
Zoe sighed. They're BOTH stubborn, she thought. This could take awhile.
"So, what do you say we forget about ol' what's-his-face and you help me practice some of my moves," said Kira, grabbing her D-Tector.
Zoe smiled. "Bring it on!"
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Hotaru stood by the shop, waiting for Daiki to come out so they could go home. Takuya, Kouichi, JP, and Tommy peeked at him from behind a wall.
"Alright, guys, you can move on to phase two," Daiki's voice came from Takuya's D-Tector.
"Roger," Takuya replied.
"Oh, and Kouji wants me to tell you that this plan is ridiculous and that you are a retard," said Daiki.
Takuya fumed. "Well, you tell Kouji that he is a big, fat-"
Kouichi covered Tommy's ears as Takuya whispered what he thought Kouji was.
"Um, should I go out now?" asked Tommy, confused.
"Sure, go ahead," said JP, trying to calm Takuya down. Tommy stepped out from behind the building's wall and approached Hotaru.
"Hotaru!" he suddenly yelled, flinging himself at Hotaru and instantaneously bursting into tears. Hotaru caught him and stared at him perplexedly.
"Hotaru, you have to help me! I was playing in the park, when, out of nowhere, some kids started beating up Kouji! You have to save him!" cried Tommy.
"Kids started beating up Kouji?" Hotaru pondered this for a second, then replied, "He can take care of himself." He turned around and entered the store in order to look for Daiki.
"What? But that was fool-proof! No one can resist Tommy when he gets like that, not even Kouji!" yelled Takuya, exasperated.
"Looks like you're having some problems," said Gatomon suddenly, leaping onto Takuya's head.
"Gaah!" exclaimed Takuya.
"Hey, Gatomon," said Kouichi in greeting.
"Oh, so this is Gatomon. Well hi, I'm Tommy!" said Tommy, reaching out to pet Gatomon.
She shied away, hissing under her breath, "I don't like to be petted."
Tommy backed up, frightened. "What's your problem?" said Takuya, reaching up to take Gatomon off his head. Gatomon avoided his grasp and landed lightly onto the ground.
"Hey, we haven't had a proper introduction either. I'm JP," said JP. He almost extended his hand for a handshake, but thought better of it and stopped himself.
"Charmed," said Gatomon, smiling.
"Oh, sure, be nice to him," mumbled Takuya, glaring at Gatomon. She suddenly turned, flashing an annoyed glance at Takuya.
"You hardly deserve any kindness after what you did," growled Gatomon.
"Don't bother, Gatomon, he doesn't realize what he did yet. Let him figure it out on his own," said Kouichi. Gatomon paused, and then relaxed herself.
"You're right," she said softly.
"Wow, you sure know how to handle her," whispered JP to Kouichi.
"I'm not trying to do anything special," Kouichi replied.
"So what are you doing here anyway?" Takuya asked Gatomon accusingly.
"What, I can't check up on you guys every once in a while?" said Gatomon.
"You've been checking up on me all weekend!" yelled Takuya.
Gatomon chuckled. "Well, actually, I thought you might like to know that there is a Digimon causing a bit of trouble downtown, and Shino is trying to take it on all by himself."
"What?"
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"Man, what a rush!" exclaimed Kira.
Zoe giggled. Well, at least she's happy, she thought.
Kira and Zoe were walking through town after blowing off some steam in the woods. Suddenly, someone bumped into Kira from behind.
"Hey, watch where you're-" Kira stopped, noticing who the person was. Takuya stared at her with wide eyes and shielded his face, expecting her to punch him any minute. When nothing happened, he looked up to see her staring back at him with an almost happy expression. Takuya was utterly confused by this response. Wasn't she mad?
"Zoe! Kira! There's some sort of issue with a Digimon downtown and we gotta go! Come on!" explained JP as he ran past them. Kouji and Kouichi were farther ahead with Gatomon and Tommy was trailing behind. They had to leave Daiki behind with Hotaru without telling him.
Kira expression suddenly darkened. She glared at Takuya, and then punched him as he stood there confused. He fell over, clutching his nose. There was blood seeping through his fingers.
"What the hell was that for!" yelled Takuya, jumping to his feet. But Kira was already running, not turning back to see if he was okay. Everyone else hadn't noticed what had happened and had continued running.
"Here," said Zoe curtly, thrusting a handkerchief at Takuya and running after the rest of them.
"Is everybody in on this but me?" muttered Takuya, blood dripping from his nose.
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madjack89: Another chapter completed! Mission accomplished!
Kira: Yes! I knew you'd let me punch him.
Takuya: Ow…
Zoe: And there's hope for you two yet! Hooray!
Kouichi: So, does anyone know what's happening in the next chapter? There aren't any cards here for it.
madjack89: I think I'm just gonna wing it.
Kouji: Hey, there's a card here for an upcoming chapter about me. *reads card, turns pale* I hate you!
madjack89: Well…sorry! We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Alright, see you in chapter eight!